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Self Publishing Success by Donald Turner
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Nowadays, more and more authors are turning to self publishing their books rather than relying on a traditional publishing house. Apart from the higher royalties and greater publishing speed, you can also get more control over your published book. Check out these self publishing success tips to see whether this will suit you for your next book. 1. Make your book great I know that this should go without saying but some would-be authors think that because they have self published their book, they don't need to take as much care over it as they would if they were to let it work its way through the hierarchy of a publishing house. If anything, because you may not have as many people proof reading your book before it hits the market, you need to be doubly careful that it is as good as it could possibly be. So, without procrastinating too long, take the time to proof read your book, ask friends for honest reviews and polish it as much as possible before you release it. 2. Use your own imprint When you publish on places like the Amazon Kindle marketplace, you have space to put in publishers details. Just because you're not using a big name house doesn't mean that you can't put some details in here! Spend a while deciding on the name of the publisher that you will use for your new book - you can make it sound as though it's an established publisher and no-one outside the book trade will be any the wiser. It's just a neat way of setting your book slightly higher in your readers expectations. It also means that because a number of self-published authors do this, any figures you read for self publishing are definitely underestimates. 3. Don't be afraid to promote Unless you're a brand name author releasing a new book, you would need to promote your new book actively in order to get sales. Tweet about it. Send copies to friends and even to bloggers who write about your area. Speak to your local radio station and do your best to get them to interview you. So long as the subject matter of your book is interesting, most local radio stations will be only too happy to do this. Brag about it on Facebook. You could even create a new page for your book and encourage people to like it so that the news spreads further, faster. Give away the first chapter - with a link at the end to buy the whole book. Get a press release written and submit it to relevant sites. Be inventive about promotion and follow the big names to see what they do to promote their books and then mimic as many of the ideas as possible. Don't be afraid to respond to reviews on places like Amazon - people respect authors who do this as they know that not everyone will like everything you write. Responding to reviews shows your human side. writers job
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